Join former art curator Nancy Whipple Grinnell for a lecture on artist William Trost Richards on Tuesday, November 12 at 6 PM. This one-hour talk will include time for Q&A. Register below to secure your spot.

"William Trost Richards: Family, Friends, and Followers" is an illustrated lecture on Newport's famous painter of the ocean, with equal emphasis on his talented but lesser known family members such as Anna Richards Brewster and Edith Balllinger Price. As curator of the Newport Art Museum for 18 years, Nancy Grinnell is very familiar with Richards' work and legacy and will present new insights into his time in Newport.

Nancy Whipple Grinnell is Curator Emerita of the Newport Art Museum, where she served for 18 years. During that time she oversaw all curatorial affairs and produced over 200 historical and contemporary exhibitions. She also wrote a biography of the Museum’s founder, Carrying the Torch: Maud Howe  Elliott and the American Renaissance, and developed numerous museum catalogues. Grinnell currently chairs the Collections Committee at the Providence Art Club, where she has co-curated an exhibition on historical women artists of Providence. She has organized exhibitions for the Gilbert Stuart Museum on Edward M. Bannister, George Whitaker and Mabel Woodward and produced a catalogue on Matunuck’s Hale family artists.
She recently published an article on Newport’s historic printmakers in Newport History, and has taught seminars on historic Newport artists in Salve Regina University’s Circle of Scholars program. Grinnell holds a degree in art history from the University of Pittsburgh, an MLS from Simmons College; and an MA in American Civilization /Museum Studies from Brown University.